Gitlab
Senior Security Engineer
Overview
As a Senior Security Engineer on GitLab's Security Incident Response Team (SIRT), you will be on the frontline of protecting both GitLab.com and GitLab the company from security threats.
About Gitlab
GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation.
Requirements & Eligibility
- Strong experience in security incident response and investigations in cloud-first environments
- Experience using or administering Git/GitLab in a security or engineering context
- Hands-on experience with SIEM, EDR, and/or detection engineering
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS & GCP)
- Familiarity with threat intelligence and adversary tactics (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK)
- Experience building or working with automation
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate end-to-end incident response for high-severity security events
- Prepare clear executive communications that keep stakeholders informed during incidents
- Investigate complex security incidents across cloud environments, applying strong Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) methodologies
- Partner with Detection Engineering to design and implement detection capabilities, including SIEM use cases, alerting strategies, and telemetry pipelines
- Build and enhance automation and AI-assisted workflows to improve triage, investigation speed, and response consistency
- Partner with Threat Intelligence to contextualize threats and improve detection coverage
- Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and lead post-incident reviews to drive continuous improvement and risk reduction
- Develop and maintain runbooks, playbooks, and operational documentation
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